Our HONEST review of the SOLAR POWERED Silent Yacht 55 

Engines…or Motors?? If electric, it’s motors. By the way, realllllly appreciate HONESTY being the core tenet of this video.

If you have a sore ear or feel like it might be slightly infected, you’re safe to put hydrogen peroxide into the ear as you keep your head tilted to the side for about 5 minutes. You can really hear and feel it go to work. Ear should feel great by next day. Take a few q-tips after it calms down in your ear and use them to clean up the remaining peroxide and junk that it loosens up.

As beautiful Elayna is why would you color your hail orange???

Been seeing these Silent Yachts on insta and so was 😮 to see you on a trip with them. Elayna know you’re doing what you want but hope the blonde isn’t gone for long! Riley of course you must go out whilst in Ibiza you grumpy captain - ha just kidding I guess, I didn’t when I went lol

my 94 year old grandmother told me onion juice in the ear for ear aches.. she was right. worked for me and our 3 kids.

My thoughts exactly!! He looks like a little man now, not a baby anymore. Elayna and Riley have done an incredible job at his hair

I love his new haircut too. Such a big boy now.

So, the 64' would be (more) suitable for world travel?

There ain't nothing green about those batteries love.

You mean other than their ability to store and resupply green energy many many thousands of times?

​@@mgutkowski I think he is referring to the manufacturing, and if so I can see that 28:59

@@japersjolly8763 I love how people think they know something and are making some point, like "ain't nothing green about those batteries" as though internal combustion is somehow better. EVERYTHING about internal combustion is dirty and polluting. No battery electric vehicle is polluting. There is a small amount of pollution in the making of some types of batteries, but those are getting cleaned up and are not an inherent aspect of battery manufacture.

I believe silent yachts is lifetime warranty on the motors so another reason to pick them

this is a very good point,

BEST WEEK. We miss you guys 😢 thanks for having us!! xx

I watched you guys do the north pole trip... great TV

Hey Kara and Nate, I would like to follow you. What is your link? Please. Thank you

@@lotusdolphin just touch their pic next to their name and then hit the big red subscribe link that comes up ❤

@@lotusdolphin just touch their pic, next to their name & hit subscribe! Kara and Nate are awesome people!

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also, on that note, theyll be alot better by then also

I you are old and can no longer handle a boat with sails you better go on the big all service ocean liners.

@@jackm3040 This boat is horrid.No, it's not.

I was thinking the same thing. The boat has full time air conditioning and fans, so you wouldn't need to have a hatch open during the night. I was surprised that wasn't mentioned, when talking about rain at night. Also, I don't really get how you can compare a super high tech electric comfort cruising catamaran which has enough room for ten people to a high performance trimaran which is designed more for racing and four people, rather than cruising with a lot of people aboard. The two vessels are both fabulous but very different. Viva la difference!

I got the same feeling too. I couldn't get the feel of the luxury of this boat as it was mostly rushed through those points. I find myself wondering what the fuel consumption comparison would be to a equally sized vessel. I also wonder what a high noon solar only propulsion test would yield as the shadows were quite long during the performed test. Definitely needs a redo

Perfectly said!

Too patronising for my liking !!

Yes, but I would suggest keeping an eye out for inclement weather and only sail during good clean weather conditions, because its a solar and battery powered boat and its only propulsion system. If its hybrid like a solar and diesel then I'd feel a little safer bit any which ways, sail only in good conditions. Bad weather and sea can toss these boats around. Why are these only designed like catamarans? Why not pike a regular yacht so that the solar panels can be folded automatically and stored during storm conditions. Another reason why the regular design is good is because gyroscopes, stabilizers and self righting mechanisms can be installed.

@@dustycrophopper2743 not quite true, it is hybrid-by-default. You can run the generator, that roars into the batteries, you can run the engines at full pelt. So your electric engine is being powered by diesel, not the sun, in that case.

I think Rachel was able to keep them entertained most of the time. :)

Awww yay, thanks Pita Bread lol 😙😙 one of our faves too, minus the error at 4:26 hahaha we were in a bit of a rush to get this one up in time! Bummer.

@@SailingLaVagabonde I thought that was a funny nod to Kara's mistake on veggies. 🤣

Truly, packed to the gunnels with information.

Correct title should have been: Our Honest review of the SOLAR POWERED Silent Yacht 55, based on a few days in the Med..

Totally agree

With a power catamaran running on diesel you don't have to think about energy consumption as long as you can pay the diesel and fill it up in time.

Turns out you can compare (and contrast) any two things. The comparison is actually very interesting to those that know little about boating.

*"it's unfair to compare it to a sailboat since it doesn't have any sails on it. (...) You can only compare it to power catamarans of similar size..."* Of course, you can. If two products serve the same general purpose to the extent one could weigh the pros and cons of going with one category over the other (sailboat/powerboat); you can compare them, and it is fair to do so. One may also say: *"I don't want a sailboat, the only comparison I'm interested in is ICE powerboat to electric/hybrid powerboat"* That's also fair but it's also a more restrictive comparison. Does not make the other less relevant or less fair.

I would second that request for the kite review. Would be good to know how many knots you got with the kite alone

If you had back surgeries, do you think you could handle the waves all the time that will sway also a full electric boat?

@@OpenGL4ever honestly I’m not sure. We are planing on getting a smaller motor yacht to cruise for a while with. That should give me a good idea of how my back will react.

Well Stated. Greg

It's only a gimmick, eco conscious would have gone with solar + sail and ditched the full size fridge. Glad you called it out. A yacht that size with that hull should be running over 1000hp, probably close to 3000hp. I've seen 5x 900hp engines on yachts much smaller. The solar looks like it's at most 5k watts, but I'll be really really really generous and double it to 10k watts solar. The charging cycle takes 20% right off the top unless it's somehow fed directly to motors.... anyhow there will never be solar powered yachts unless we can change physics. 10k watts = 13.4 hp. Basically all that solar is smaller than a 15hp Evinrude. The solar in that configuration will only run at 90% to 100% for about 2 to 4 hours a day.... Nothing about that yacht adds up. It's not just a gimmick, it's a lying gimmick.

@@DoctorMangler I truly love it when people who have no idea, decide to comment. Here is feedback from the real world. - 7 days charter with 4 guests and two crew - Destination, circumnavigating Mallorca - Total distance travelled around 230nm - Average speed around 6 knots - Diesel generator use 0l (including all electrical appliances including aircon) It is clear that our schedule, in combination with the weather, suited the boat perfectly: - Breakfast around 9 and then a couple of hours of swimming, snorkelling, going to the beach if there was one at the cove. - Around 11 moving on to the next cove or beautiful travelling 2-4 hours (12-24 nm) depending on location and lunch. - Discovering the cove and the potential beach or village city. - Around 5, travelling to the night anchoring cove and when arriving enjoying dinner and then go ashore to check out the night-life, if there was a place close. There is not one boat that meets every need, but Silent Yachts and similar companies are far from a gimmick.

What about the Earth's Rotation?

😂

@@davidsquire2107do you think the earths rotation causes wind?

@@L6Jeremy Too Many Beans

Same for a Diesel powered Boat. Fossil fuel is stored sun energy from a long time ago.

1) You can't turn a boat that isn't moving. If you lose your electrical system you are dead in the water. People are constantly fixing and repairing their cable steering because it's a tonne of moving parts and that wear and tear is more when your boat weighs 32 tonnes. 2) Even partial shading from ropes on solar panels destroy the efficiency. Your going to add a bunch of weight. If you add a mast and sail you might as well take the electric engines out. Also the efficiency they get is from a planing hull and high efficiency fixed blade props. 3)4) If the wind generator obstructs the panels at all your loosing. You're not going to use it going into the wind because of the conservation of energy. Two turbines making 500w only very occasionally, super dependant on where you are and what season. Solar panels still make some power on cloudy days, turbines have a pretty high thresh hold to be useful. You have to justify the weight to carry it around full time, raising and lowering also adds weight. Uglier, noiser, heavier boat for marginal gain to potential net loss. 5) Could be, but you lose a lot of reliability and probably you ocean crossing certification. 6) Again weight, complexity and reliability. Get a bad gust from the wrong angle and bend something so you can't put it down or drag anchor, or worst case rip some wiring. Riley doesn't touch on it because as he said the review is based on what he likes to do but one of the major concepts here is reliability and ease of maintenance. Two electric motors that can run underwater, two straight prop shafts, 4 seals and two direct short drive rudders.

yep, the helm stations (flybridge and cabin) are completely customizable.

What an amazing trip and opportunity! You all are so wonderful. I enjoy watching all of it and so glad you also invited Kara and Nate who I watch also. Best wishes and happy safe travels to all of you. Please keep sharing your wonderful vids!

Do anyone else notice that the upper canopy is leaning, or otherwise crooked?

@@bradkvanbek7148 i thought i saw that too. but this is their older model. or maybe it got damaged lol.

Your right. Making the batteries is crazy.

@@richardsimmons6526 how about making of fuel? is that not crazy?

You gotta take your wife out for a night on the town. It's a must. He'll learn the hard way. 🤣

I think my biggest question on that goes to your question. If I understood this correctly, 392kw were generated by Solar, and 260kw were used for propulsion for a "overage" of 132kw (although if I understood this wrong I'd like it explained more). Then they generated by generator and additional 720kw which used up "his equivalent" of 3 months worth of fuel in 7 days. But that means they used 852kw for things other than propulsion...which seems like a lot. I find it funny because he complains how inefficient it is but then his wife is talking about the full sized refrigerator, fresh water on demand and all the other creature comforts. That's like comparing camping in a camper versus staying at an Embassy Suites. Technically if they had lived "boat life" I suspect they might not have used any fuel at all. I'd be happy for someone to clear up the math on this. As far as some of his other complaints about speed and how much the boat pitches, those are absolutely fair in my opinion, but not all boats are designed for all environments. If you had this boat anchored in an inlet in warm waters and were just staying in place enjoying the waters, it would be fabulous, a sailboat wouldn't compare just sitting there. If you are trying to sale from place to place quickly, totally different situation. I think that's my only problem with the video is that he took an orange and said that it was sweet and just as filling but it didn't turn out anything like the apple he wanted it to be.

@@matthewteets8007 The pitch/rocking horse issue I think is because of the very large very heavy battery pack so high above the water line.

@@johnwagner2049 This is a tough design decision. He shows the batteries easily accessible many times in the video. That makes maintenance easy and quite frankly, for the compartment to get water in it in any way would mean the ship is in real trouble. You could put the batteries much lower in the hull to take care of that problem, but then you introduce a lot of other issues. I think they made the right decision for what this boat is intended for. I think if you were sailing on rougher oceans around the world, it would be a totally different decision.

I think the newer ones have a kite

Wouldn't that be called a sail?

@@magus32 Both, it is actually called a Kite Sail.

I think she had a crab in her ear

Do not worry they do not explode like the old military ones